Cultural Analysis Essay

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Justice and Culture

Cultural Analysis Essay

Purpose:

Classic crime fiction is full of examples of stereotypes and prejudgment. One could argue that this was because few people questioned the prejudices of the times. For example, several of Agatha Christie’s novels discuss some common assumptions about others.

There are many of these stereotypes referred to in Murder on the Orient Express, in which Poirot investigates the stabbing murder of a wealthy American businessman while he is traveling to London on the famous Orient Express train. The only suspects in that murder are the other people traveling in the same coach, all of whom are from different countries. Several of the travelers (especially an American typewriter ribbon salesman and an Italian-American car salesman) dress and act in stereotypical ways, and there are several comments throughout the novel (far too many for me to list here) that show the characters’ prejudgments. M. Bouc for example, assumes that the Italian traveler must have committed the crime because “an Italian’s weapon is the knife…”

It’s been argued that Christie might have been ahead of her time regarding these stereotypes. In the novel, those prejudices are subtly criticized and used to lead the unwary reader astray. Rather than being diatribes against racial prejudice (which might be much less effective), high-quality crime fiction shows us the tragedy of stereotyping and lets us draw our own conclusions by holding a “mirror” up to society.

Fiction hold this “mirror” to society because readers recognize the truth that cultural bias happens far too often and that this bias often results in bad ends for those profiled. For this essay, you will select one of the cases from our list in Canvas and argue whether cultural bias had an impact on the end result of the event. Plan to discuss the role of stereotypes, logical fallacies, and us vs. them mentalities.

Audience:

The audience for this essay is your instructor (who is highly familiar with all of these cases) and your classmates (who may require more contextual information).

Avoid first and second person language in this essay. Maintain a high academic tone through word choice and structure.

Sources:

You must use at least three sources for this essay. One of these sources must come from the library databases. Your essay must include the following:

A well-crafted, specific thesis statement that follows one of the provided formats (we will work on these in class).
At least three well-supported points in support of your stance, explaining your salient points.
A work cited page.

Format:

Your essay should be at least four full pages in length and follow MLA format guidelines. All quotes, paraphrases, and summaries must be cited both in-text and in the works cited page. An engaging, interesticixng title should be used.

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